Lithiation/Electrophilic Quench of [(η⁵‐Cyclohexadienyl)Mn(CO)₃]: Versatile Functionalization and Resolution of Planar Chirality in the Organomanganese Series

Abstract

Easy does it: A lithiation/electrophilic quench sequence gives efficient access to a large variety of unprecedented complexes. One such complex (1; see scheme) can be successfully used in the synthesis of the first enantiopure formyl-substituted [(η5-cyclohexadienyl)Mn(CO)3] derivatives.